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in the spur of the moment.
曲:Invocation & Toccata - Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

came home with a blasted headache from my bus ride. all the time eh. actually its because i geh kiang read book on the bus. found it in the school library - was a cookbook with recipe contributions from chef christopher, yogesh arora, chef billy (!) and calvin (!!).. haha. they showed the book to me before when it was first out, but i havent really looked through it.

was walking along the school main walkway today when i passed by a vending machine that had a piece of foolscap paper stuck on it. curious, i went in for a closer look. what i saw make me burst out in laughter - for it had written on it - [eating coin machine]. hahaahhah. i didnt know NYPians had a sense of humour.

sometimes when you are caught up in loads of stuff and people especially, you suddenly find things you should have noticed, things you should have known, you didnt have time for. im sorry! really, sometimes i get too caught up in things and when i turn back, everyone i thought was there has moved on.

new additions to hy.multiply:
boku wa kuma - utada hikaru
won't be long - exile and koda kumi
shirushi - mr. children
akatsuki no uta - sukima switch
namida no furusato - bump of chicken

actually, i wasnt planning on writing. but well.

velda.
blogging trio.
曲:WON'T BE LONG - EXILE & 倖田來未

in the library with azmi and andre now. supposedly doing our entrepreneurship, but we decided in order to encourage andre to update his blog, azmi and i had to update as well. just like a sort of influence. hahas. cherri just left, and here we are slacking. great. =)

whoops, had a great day yesterday with me moms. braved our way in vivo city because it was the easiest mall to go to from national library where i was studiously studying. hee. went for sarawak kuching kolo mee. steep price, but good. ^^ then we walked into tangs to the bobbi brown counter. was previously pissed off by the total ignorance of the MAC counter ppl, so i sort of decided bobbi brown would be a better choice. it was fun shopping for cosmetics with me mom, because we were bantering with the makeup artist there and inviting other passers-by to shop for bobbi brown stuff as well.

so i bought stuff! yay. and with the six free makeup lessons they provide, i think im going to have fun. ^^

school is slacking a little already, so it's a sort of a breather for now. well, go on to read andre's and azmi's blog for stupid updates made at the same time as me. especially andre. i mean, he finally is lifting his lazy fingers to type something on his cobwebby blog which literally creaks when u enter it.

velda.
the week.
曲:アカツキの詩 – スキマスイッチ

new song by sukima switch, finally!

i dont really know what i should write about, actually. just that the past few days have gone by in a flurry, i guess. no energy to write, or do anything concrete. dont know the reason for this lethargy, but just dont think i feel very good.

casino royale a couple of days back. realise i like these kind of poker casino card game-ey kind of movies. must get conmen in vegas to watch eh, andre. they managed to make james bond look more humane than ever. we all loved that scene in the bathroom when he sat by vesper to comfort her. ahhh!

like i said, the whole re-evaluating thing of a relationship brings back the memories. and whether im happy or not, i dont really know. perhaps this is what's making me tired. but there are things i want to achieve out of this, so i guess ill have to stick by it.

love the cheiron pictures ken took of us. we have a problem though. we sidetrack tooooooo much. haha, cherri used another two versions, i show these two. hee.





velda.
four.e.one
曲:眠れない夜は君のせい - MISIA

finally! a break before we start working our asses off again. all projects that can be handed in have been handed in; and today, i am so going to curl up in bed with a book.

movie marathon idea, though okayed by mr azhar, will never get through the tape of bureaucracy in scool. so, tentative location will be at cherri's house for now.. should be no problem lah. i think we should just set up some sort of film appreciation society or movie club or something, can earn cca points also. >_< think cheiron is visiting the student affairs office tmr.

met up with shawn and alvin just now to settle 4e1 class barbeque. didnt have time at all last week, and so i had to sit down and confirm everything today. heard about the gossip around my old class and everything.. making me look forward to good show on dec 1st. hehe. first thing we said when we called mr alan wong: "mr wong. you coming for the class bbq hor? what you bringing?" oh yah, need to remind him that we all 18 le. hmm. anws, looking forward to seeing my ex-classmates again.. havent seen some of them for more than a year le bahh.

a couple of old photos.. they dun look like tt liao lah, obviously, but well.


teck seng, shawn, kianyong and alvin.. like this picture a lot actually. ^^


from top left clockwise: nicholas, shawn, navin, cedric, kianyong, natthapong and kengguan



natthapong is far away in australia ehs, that thai prince. hahaha. i guess after two years of not meeting, everyone probably has lots of stories to tell.

velda.
the velda and darryn show.
曲:发如雪 – 周杰倫

in ibrc now with my classmates all scattered around me settling their project reports. im finally done with my PR, jason, sorry if i havent informed you when making some changes, but it's done! and it's out. hahas. jason is seriously cute wen he writes reports for stuff like national education; he's so sincere that he writes stuff like "i feel like i have to treasure my life, and i promise myself that i will do something to remember my country by before my last breath." and "when i sitting in one corner, i could feel something that is hard to express in one word." i laughed till tears came into my eyes lah.

dinner at home tonight. vance's Os are finally over, and i think he has been stressing over it for a long time alr. heard his L1R5 will bomb, but well, he can always come study media studies. =P at least his england still can make it. just that i hope he doesnt end up shoting himself in the chest because he's not used to poly life.

plans for the weekend! finally week five is over. and this is darryn here helping auntie vel voice her bday wishes! AHOY OUT THERE WUDONGXIAN! lol. if you know who u are better reply and tag on the board ^^. that will make auntievel day :) wooooooooooo .. and now i heard uncle andre moaning to this zhoujielun song.. what a no1 whiner kid! rofl rofl :) .. i will take dedications man.. oh yeah class politics. its been a really great week.. freeeaking cool for the politics to happen to help ppl unwind!! lol ^^

velda and darryn
mata :)
relac one corner.
曲:Back For Good - Take That

i think this is jason's favourite song. saw him on [the ultimate comedian] finals two nights ago (okayy, jace, even though calafare still quite shuai). back from a long day at school, but great yum cha session to end the day man. i think the whole of prata house was dominated by us man.

i know ive said this millions of times, but really, on the way home today, i thought again of how i'd miss chef calvin. he's leaving in less than a week and i know i'll probably will not see him for maybe ten years. and he still want geh kiang just before leaving must go malaysia holiday. ahh!

think i'd curl up in bed with a good book. really very tired. with week 5 being so hectic, its time for a break before pia-ing again tomorrow. take that songs puts me in the mood to relax. another cd i lost that belonged to me mom. heh.

今日彼となんか会話がありました。皆は私が絶対うれしいと思ったけど、自分は本当の気持ちは分かんないよね。うれしいかな?やっぱりちょっと変だよね。でも、彼はスーゲ頑張ってるみたいから、もういいかなと思って。皆もこの事に対して「いい事だ!」って言ってましたし、やはり本当にいいかもしれないな。ゆっくりで、普通に話せるまで頑張ろうかな,私。

velda.
the loong friday.
曲:JUPITER - 平原綾香

back from my loong day outside. and i did everything i said i would do in my previous entry. seriously, im too old for this. almost dead alr. hahas. kranji war memorial affected me quite a bit; when you see the flowers placed near the names of the war dead, and read the epitaphs on the tombstones.

azmi's house was fun - best part: watching joy trash andre in def jam on the xbox. it was a long, drawn-out match, and we were all egging joy on. and i finally got to watch my power rangers: the movie! nostalgic man! we were all cracking up when it came to the power rangers' hand actions which we didnt use to think was funny in the past. hahas.

on to amelia's band concert in school. havent been to a band concert in ages, and i thoroughly enjoyed it. it was great listening out for the different parts, and how they all came together in the pieces. the trombones were a strong section eh. nice tone and good volume. made me feel i was back in rv band room during a practice; loved them all the time.

dragged melissa with me to the hotel. chef calvin is back from malaysia. i think this is going to be the last time i see him in ten over years, really. went on the shanghai jazz and had this really huge huge glass of hoegaarden. i didnt know they served beer in such huge glasses. but it was a really smooth beer, had a citrus-ey aftertaste. anws, shanghai jazz was so saturated with cigar and cigarette smoke that the air was freakin grey lahh. so i developed a really bad headache after gulping down the beer and breathing in the toxic air. hah! then calvin sent me home; was dead in the backseat. but i met this really cool hong kong girl who spoke japanese.. the both of us were excitedly conversing in japanese in the pub. think ill go back to the hotel to look for her. inasa! ^^

looking back at what ive written, i sound a little high eh. >_<

today when i passed rafflescity, i looked up at the giant christmas tree outside. it made me think back about the last time i did that one year before. the eleventh of november wasnt one of my happier days, but i think ive grown up a lot through it. and it was tt day when i learned again that people cared.

velda.
day ahead.
曲: SAYONARA - ORANGE RANGE

finally got my much needed sleep. a long day ahead today, kranji war memorial, azmi's house, amelia's concert, then yum cha-ing with william. i hope, if i dig out enough cash to return home ah. ^^" but really, i havent had this much sleep in a long while. every friday would be the day i replenish that.

ice hockey yesterday between milbank and muddy murphy's; score was tied in the first two periods, exciting! and our finally long-awaited fight happened. to me, it looked a bit staged, but still, they did stage it lah. final score: 10-5 to milbank. i think yt probably filmed most of the match down, so i can go back to her for replays.

there are probably only a few people in the world whom i can laugh like idiots with. and it's these people that make my day. yet, there are people i dont laugh with, but rather, the relationship is sustained because i cnt help but care. but sometimes, all is needed is a smile to show that you appreciate.

[[ 泣くのは負けだ。smile. ]] - you lose when you cry. smile.

i will never cry in front of you. but sometimes you frustrate the hell out of me.

and the only thing i can do, is wait for you to realise that.

velda.
fate?
曲:君がいるから – SunSet Swish

sometimes im amazed how fate works in wondrous ways. just one decision you make causes a whole avalanche of events to happen after that, and if you didnt make this decision, your life would have had been different. in [busukoi], the latest japanese drama i finished, there was one quote. wrote about it in multiply.hy, and it basically says:

there are 6.5 billion people in this world.
the probability of someone meeting with someone else is very low.
the probability of falling in love with that someone is even lower.
you can't not treasure the relationship you have with your loved one knowing that
the fact you both met was not by chance.


hor, andre? =P i think one day andre will look back on today, and think if azmi and i hadnt made the decision to go down into town today, his whole life might have been different.

that's why i dont think anyone should ever regret anything that has ever happened in their life. dont ever regret anything that might have gone wrong, but regret if one makes the decision to escape from it. im happy whatever happened happened, because if not, i wont be who i am now. i cnt imagine a totally different velda, and i cnt imagine being anything other than what i am today. and i guess i would have to thank everyone who has featured in my life, whatever role they played.

in case i forgot again, cheiron is back and functioning again, yeaps, for the second semester! andre, cherri and azmi. ^^ ica pile-up in week 5!

velda.
music updates.
曲:遠影 feat. John Legend – CHEMISTRY

new song by CHEMISTRY out on wednesday. [tookage feat. john legend].. the piano part is really quite soothing actually.

just home from ice hockey. my eyes are closing. one report is done, with the millions still due by week 5. hockey today was.. enriching. i think yanting and i were a little noisy, so we sort of caught the attention of the referee. ^^" but still, a few good puck plays and goals made the matches really exciting.

havent updated hatsuyuki.music in a while, so here's in one shot the new songs up there:

1. michishirube - tachibana keita
2. koishikute - moriyama naotaro
3. seaside byebye - kisarazu cat's eye feat. mcu
4. only one - ryu shi won
5. platinum kiss - gospellers
6. ready go! - wat
7. sayonara - orange range
8. tookage feat. john legend - chemistry
9. yakusoku no basho - chemistry
10. manatsu no yoru no yume - suga shikao



mostly new, from past one month of releases. no. 2 and no. 9 keeps me awake at night, especially now when my energy has really been drained.

velda.
tv.
曲:被风吹过的夏天 - 林俊杰 & 金沙

restless. i dont think i will get sleep tonight.

just came home from watching [sinking of japan]. well.. it sort of scared me. really, all the earthquakes, tsunamis and volcano eruptions. the main plot was good, but i dont know why they to squeeze in the romance between kusonagi tsuyoshi and shibasaki kou in. i think it's to please fans who want to see them interact after a sort-of interaction in [yomigaeri]. it would have worked very well if they had left the plot revolving around the two submarine pilots instead of bringing shibasaki kou in actually. sighh.

anws, i just learnt that there has been a parody made of this movie called [everyone but japan sinks]. that is really hilarious! it even has a few quite a-list stars like kohashi kenji and kashiwabara shuji.

[made to order] on travel & living just showed the world gourmet summit episode. ever since the WGS was here in singapore around april this year, i heard that the rubino brothers and ian wright were coming, and tt the rubino brothers were doing an episode of made to order for travel & living. been wanting to watch this episode for a loong loong time.

chef calvin once told me how hectic a kitchen gets when you do a fine dinner for more than a hundred people. he made it sound so exciting; the head chef just goes, "second course, i need the fish, go go go go!" yada yada. only one person ordering the whole kitchen and everyone knowing exactly what their job was. the courses just kept coming up, and you had to plate a hundred plates at one go. whew! but when he talked about it, it seemed like he enjoyed that challenge. told him before i wanted to stand by one day and see. haas, guess i dont have that chance anymore.


guy rubino in the kitchen of conrad hotel.



velda.